Essay - Summary: How Sushi Went Global in This Article on Sushi's...

summary: How sushi went global

In this article on Sushi's global popularity, Bestor has focused not just on sushi alone but on Japanese cuisine in general to show how Japan has been influencing American taste. The author first presents am extraordinary aucti***** scene where bluefin tunas are exhibited for potential buyers, most of whom have arrived from Japan to purchase quality tuna. Many will even depart from their home country with bluefin ***** the very next day. The import of tuna from United States to ***** has increased tremendously in last few years, thanks for ever-increasing ***** ***** Japanese ***** and demand for high quality fish back home. While Bluefin tuna may sound like an un*****ly item for globalization, it has certainly played a huge role in reversing the glob*****l trends ***** East to West.

Tuna's popular*****y in Japan is not something we should even be d*****cussing since it ***** be taken ***** granted. Fish with rice has always been high in ***** and campaigns for tuna are run on large scales. *****re is even a mascot which appears in Tuna f*****h advertisements in Japan symboliz*****g the changing trends in tuna's popularity around the globe. On Oct 10, tuna day is commemorated in Japan coinciding with ***** day when Tuna first appe*****d in Japanese literature.

***** ***** has always been popular within Japan, its demand outside of its ***** county ***** been a result of slow calculated process that trained western appetites and tastes ***** become more accepting of eastern cuisine. It started after the Sec*****d World War, to be very precise even though North ***** readers had ***** introduced to Japanese cooking first time in 1929. *****ever for many decades ***** that, sushi's recipe and ***** fact most Japanese food recipes were delicately altered to suit the refined tastes of North Americans. Raw fish on rice was not something ***** ***** presented to the uninitiated. It was usually replaced with some cooked seafood like shrimps to make it more acceptable to the Americans. However things changed in 1970s as global trends changed and Japan became a big bus*****ess hub. This coincided with a shift in Americ*****n t*****tes as they skirted past red meat ***** opted for healthier food like fish, rice and vegetables. New ***** food outlets appeared ***** American landscape and sushi became a truly global food.

***** has thus always been the most eager buyer of tuna. However in 1970s, its fish business suffered due to some coastal regulations and Japan looked towards foreign suppliers to meet growing demand for fish at home. This led to an increase in imports of tune from USA. But when Japanese economy suffered a serious setback, these suppliers did not have to worry about sales. That is because demand for ***** ***** up rapidly ***** North America and US bluefin industry took off in 1990s. Japanese food meanwhile became a symbol of class and soph*****tication in America.

The article also discusses the whole procedure of how bluefin tuna is caught and